Editorial Reviews "Here is the 3rd album from this great band from Seattle, Washington!! This is great electro/industial music from an American band! This band successfully mixes styles of music similar to Funker Vogt, Hate Dept, Frontline Assembly, and some vocal delivery like Project Pitchfork at times! "Track 1 "Pi", presents us with a hard, pounding bass drum line, mixed with interesting electronic pulsings, and hard vocals. "Phi" is next, with its long drawn-out intro of sample-laden textures which leads into "the Unknown". This track hits hard with loud drums and a good backbeat. The vocals are upfront, and will force the listener to pay some attention! The lyrics speak of sex and lust. "Inertia" begins off with another pounding drum track, the bass hitting you hard in the face! The vocal delivery here is superb, with its chorus and unique presentation. A militaristic style sound prevails in this track, and it is harsh! "Luminous Flux"is next, and it starts with an evil presence lurking beneath the mix, with a strange spoken-word sample here - a subtle sadness is present. "Unit" is a track that gives us more of the military type drumbeats, and the harsh vocals (though untreated they are great sounding!). "Entropy" comes up next, feeding us some good keyboard wizardry and hard beats. Again, the vocals are really superb, untreated and pure. They add a good depth to this music. "The Sum of..." has some harsh drumbeats that penetrate your skull, and the vocals lurk within the mix, swirling about, telling us about the problems with religions. "Mass" starts out like some type of older Frontline Assembly song from Tactical Neural Implant with its electronic zapping noises. Great trick here! The vocals and the hard drum beat return and the keyboards increase in intensity, and then a strange, electronic violin sound emerges to add a unique creation here. The vocals sing along, and this track ! really takes off! Great sound here! "Surface Tension" is merely a strange little introduction to the next track "Time", which emerges with more hard drumbeats keeping time with the keyboard sequences; the vocals swirling about in the din. "Integral" continues the trademark sound of this band, which is their use of hard, militaristic drumbeats, and upfront vocal delivery. "This entire CD is hard, and can be a type of pain, but overall, some type of love can be brought forth from it. I really like this Northwest band, and hope to hear more from them in the future! They have toured a lot in the Northwest, and deserve to be heard elsewhere in the world! They deserve a coolness of 5 due to a great CD booklet with lyrics and nice colors. Check this band out if you enjoy hard percussion, keyboard sequences that are unique and driving, and a vocal style that is upfront and harsh in its presentation!"
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"Rating: 5 of 5
About the Artist
Noxious Emotion was formed in 1991 and has been doing straight-edged EBM in the old school style (ex. Front 242, Nitzer Ebb and Covenant) ever since. If you get a chance to see them live, be sure to come down, lots of nudity and fireworks!!! BAND_MEMBERS: Mike - Vocals, Programing
GodboY - Percussion, Back Vocals
Fritter - Percussion
R Wilhelm - Keyboards
Album Description
Noxious Emotion has been bringing you quality Industrial-EBM since 1991. If you like bands like Skinny Puppy, Frontline Assembly and Project Pitchfork, then you're gonna LOVE Noxious.......